Michael Pollan

That is so darn true. It is the ego that stands in the way of our spiritual development.

There's a reason we have all these egos. You know, it gets books written. It gets TV shows produced. Yes. But it also gets in the way of connecting to others.

There's a reason we have all these egos. You know, it gets books written. It gets TV shows produced. Yes. But it also gets in the way of connecting to others.

There's a reason we have all these egos. You know, it gets books written. It gets TV shows produced. Yes. But it also gets in the way of connecting to others.

I think people do it through meditation.

I think people do it through meditation.

I think people do it through meditation.

I think psychedelics in some way are a shortcut. A lot of people have trouble meditating. They're not sure they're doing it right. They can't. They can't.

I think psychedelics in some way are a shortcut. A lot of people have trouble meditating. They're not sure they're doing it right. They can't. They can't.

I think psychedelics in some way are a shortcut. A lot of people have trouble meditating. They're not sure they're doing it right. They can't. They can't.

That's right. Or if you have OCD, you're going to have intrusive thoughts when you're meditating. So I think it kind of breaks people through to a place where they can meditate successfully, but without question. And people have had these mystical, spiritual experiences without drugs. Experiences of nature can do it. Experiences of art can do it.

That's right. Or if you have OCD, you're going to have intrusive thoughts when you're meditating. So I think it kind of breaks people through to a place where they can meditate successfully, but without question. And people have had these mystical, spiritual experiences without drugs. Experiences of nature can do it. Experiences of art can do it.

That's right. Or if you have OCD, you're going to have intrusive thoughts when you're meditating. So I think it kind of breaks people through to a place where they can meditate successfully, but without question. And people have had these mystical, spiritual experiences without drugs. Experiences of nature can do it. Experiences of art can do it.

The mystical experience, which is what this technically is called in the literature, can be approached from a lot of different doors. Psychedelics are just one of them.

The mystical experience, which is what this technically is called in the literature, can be approached from a lot of different doors. Psychedelics are just one of them.

The mystical experience, which is what this technically is called in the literature, can be approached from a lot of different doors. Psychedelics are just one of them.

I think being present for it. We spend so much of our time worrying, thinking about the future, thinking about the past that we let the present go by. And for me, that's one of the, not to say I've mastered this at all, but my psychedelic experience and which has been followed by a meditation practice. That's kind of like psychedelics are not a practice.

I think being present for it. We spend so much of our time worrying, thinking about the future, thinking about the past that we let the present go by. And for me, that's one of the, not to say I've mastered this at all, but my psychedelic experience and which has been followed by a meditation practice. That's kind of like psychedelics are not a practice.

I think being present for it. We spend so much of our time worrying, thinking about the future, thinking about the past that we let the present go by. And for me, that's one of the, not to say I've mastered this at all, but my psychedelic experience and which has been followed by a meditation practice. That's kind of like psychedelics are not a practice.

You can't, you're not gonna do it that many times. But you need a practice to reinforce it.